"Behind the Veil" Looks at Western Attitudes toward Arab-Muslim Women

"Behind the Veil: French Desire and the Middle East"is the subject of a slide lecture to be given by Dr. Sahar Amer at 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13, in the Commons.

Amer is associate professor of Asian and International Studies at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

The French, and Western cultures in general, have long been fascinated by the Orient, the Arab-Muslim world, and, in particular, the image of the veiled woman.

Using literature, paintings, photos and film, Amer frames Western countries' contemporary concerns about women wearing the veil within the politics of colonization and the erotic desire to lift the veil from both the culture of the Orient and Arab-Muslim women.

The event is sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, the Women's Resource Center, the Schools of Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, the Intercultural Center, Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, and Project Censored. The lecture, in English, is free and open to the public. For further information, contact Suzanne Toczyski, Modern Languages and Literatures, 4-2351.

New Online Experts Guide Has Search Engine, Photos

The SSU Experts Guide has been updated and can be found online at www.sonoma.edu/pubs/experts. The directory includes many new entries from recently-hired faculty and includes new categories such as current research and community work.

For the first time, the guide has its own search engine and entries can be searched by keyword or name. Faculty photographs have been added.

Faculty and staff who submitted revisions for the guide earlier in the year should check their listings by doing a keyword search on their name at www.sonoma.edu/pubs/experts. Send changes or additions to Jean Wasp, Media Relations Coordinator, 4-2057.

The guide continues to be an important resource for local media looking for expert commentary as well as community groups looking for speakers.

Dreamweaver Workshops Include Basics, Style Sheets

The Library and Information Technology Services is teaming up to offer two different Dreamweaver workshops for campus web authors.

Intro to Dreamweaver is the popular hands-on workshop which provides a a good overview of the Dreamweaver environment and the basics of using it to create and edit Web pages. No previous HTML experience or knowledge is required. Intro to Dreamweaver is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 17 and Friday, Nov. 19.

Simple Style Sheets explores the basics of creating Cascading Style Sheets with Dreamweaver MX, understanding how CSS works, specifying font appearance, making super-fast link rollovers, and more. This workshop is intended for those who are already comfortable using Dreamweaver 4 or MX, and who have previous experience creating web pages. Simple Style Sheets is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 15 and Friday, Dec. 10.

All workshops meet in Schulz 1014 from 1-4 p.m. E-mail barbara.moore@sonoma.edu to sign up.

Olson, Wandling Named Service-Learning Faculty Fellows

Geri Olson, Psychology, and Tim Wandling, English, will serve as Service-Learning Faculty Fellows this academic year with the Office of Community-Based Learning.

The positions were created through a Learn and Serve grant from the CSU Chancellor's Office, awarded to assess and strengthen SSU's civic mission of education.

In this role, Olson will create a resource to help faculty present and receive recognition for service-learning work during RTP review. The developed resources will also guide RTP committees in assessing service-learning work.

Wandling's work as Faculty Fellow involves identifying a spectrum of courses that weave a service-learning thread throughout the curriculum and create a model for a civic leadership minor. Contact Amra Stafford, 4-3202, with
questions about this initiative.

Art Faculty Show Opens Thursday in Gallery

The University Art Gallery is pleased to announce an upcoming exhibition, the biennial SSU Art Faculty Exhibition, which opens with a reception for the artists on Thursday, Sept. 9 from 4 - 6 p.m., and runs through Sunday, Oct. 17. The exhibition features new work of David D’Andrade (drawing and painting); Stephen Galloway (photography); Nathan Haenlein (printmaking); Kurt Kemp (drawing and printmaking); Bob Nugent (painting); Jann Nunn (sculpture); Mark Perlman (painting); Gregory Roberts (ceramic sculpture); Will Smith (printmaking), and Lote Thistlethwaite (drawing).

Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and weekends, noon to 4 p.m. The gallery is closed Mondays and holidays. Admission to the gallery is free. For more information or press photos, call 4-2295.

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